Appeals to the Privy Council

Report No. 05_1718_02

Flint v Willett

Massachusetts 

Case Name Short

Flint v Willett

Case Name Long

Henry Flint v Ann Willett

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.2 [1298] p.744 – 1 July 1718 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.154: PC 2/86/154

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APC Citation 

v.2 [1298] p.744 – 8 August 1718 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.164: PC 2/86/164

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APC Citation 

v.2 [1298] p.744 – 27 August 1718 – entry 3

 
PC Register Citation 

George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.170: PC 2/86/170

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Colonial Courts

General Court of Trials at Newport

Participants

Flint, Henry of Cambridge (grandson of Thomas Willett)

Willett, Ann

Willett, Thomas (deceased grandfather of Henry Flint)

Description

Estate dispute

Disposition

Appeal is dismissed; new suit must be commenced.

Notes

The APC labels this appeal ‘Massachusetts Bay’ where the appellant lived rather than ‘Rhode Island’, which is the site of the court in which the proceedings were held. From the entry in the Privy Council’s register, it appears that there may have been a misunderstanding about the colony in which Newport was located.

References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations

Table of Cases (Flint v Willett)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew

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